Cristiano Ronaldo AU$5,670,000/wk Al-Nassr Football Club Karim Benzema AU$1,566,810/wk Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club Sadio Mané AU$1,181,250/wk Al-Nassr Football Club João Félix AU$1,096,200/wk Al-Nassr Football Club Kylian Mbappé AU$939,330/wk Real Madrid Kalidou Koulibaly AU$939,330/wk Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club Otávio AU$892,080/wk Al-Qadsiah Football Club Erling Haaland AU$850,500/wk Manchester City Victor Osimhen AU$824,040/wk Galatasaray A.Ş. Robert Lewandowski AU$816,480/wk Chicago Fire FC Jamal Musiala AU$782,460/wk FC Bayern München Rúben Neves AU$782,460/wk Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club Kingsley Coman AU$782,460/wk Al-Nassr Football Club Mohamed Salah AU$756,000/wk Trabzonspor A.Ş. Harry Kane AU$720,090/wk FC Bayern München Dušan Vlahovic AU$697,410/wk Beşiktaş A.Ş.
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A-LEAGUE · TOP 100

Highest paid A-League players

Chris Ikonomidis leads on AU$32,130 per week. These 100 players take AU$398,990 a week between them - 68% of the league's entire wage bill. We hold a wage for 281 of the 338 players in A-League.

TOP 100 WEEKLY AU$399k
SHARE OF LEAGUE BILL68%
MEDIAN AGE30
MOST IN THE LIST13 Western Sydney Wanderers Football Club
A-League league stats Top earner at every club All leagues

Where the top 100 play

Combined weekly wages of each club's players in this list

Western Sydney Wanderers Football Club 13 AU$66k
Melbourne Victory Football Club 12 AU$53k
Sydney Football Club 12 AU$52k
Macarthur Football Club 9 AU$50k
Melbourne City FC 12 AU$40k
Adelaide United 9 AU$26k
Newcastle Jets FC 7 AU$23k
Perth Glory Football Club 7 AU$22k
Auckland Football Club 3 AU$22k
Brisbane Roar Football Club 6 AU$19k
Wellington Phoenix Football Club 6 AU$18k
Central Coast Mariners 4 AU$8k

What each age band takes

Combined weekly wages of the top 100 by age

Under 23 13 AU$46k
23-26 21 AU$71k
27-30 22 AU$111k
Over 30 44 AU$171k

The shape of the top 100

Weekly wage by rank
#1 AU$32k #10 AU$7k #100 AU$1k

Chris Ikonomidis earns 4.9× what the tenth best paid player in the list does, and 21× the 100th. Half of the AU$399k a week on this page goes to the first 26 players on it.

The top 100

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#PLAYERWEEKLY YEARLYTEAMNATION AGEPOSITION
01 Chris Ikonomidis
AU$32,130
AU$1,670,760 Macarthur Football Club Australia 30 AM RLC
02 Ryan Fraser
AU$15,120
AU$786,240 Western Sydney Wanderers Football Club Scotland 31 AM RL
03 Piero Quispe
AU$12,852
AU$668,304 Sydney Football Club Peru 23 AM C
04 Jacob Farrell
AU$11,529
AU$599,508 Western Sydney Wanderers Football Club Australia 22 D/WB L
05 Nikos Vergos
AU$11,151
AU$579,852 Melbourne Victory Football Club Greece 29 ST
06 Hiroki Sakai
AU$7,938
AU$412,776 Auckland Football Club Japan 35 D RC
07 Jake Girdwood-Reich
AU$7,749
AU$402,948 Auckland Football Club Australia 21 D C, DM
08 Anselmo
AU$6,615
AU$343,980 Adelaide United Brazil 36 DM
09 Andrew Nabbout
AU$6,615
AU$343,980 Melbourne City FC Australia 32 AM RLC, F C
10 Adam Taggart
AU$6,615
AU$343,980 Perth Glory Football Club Australia 32 ST
11 Brandon Borrello
AU$6,615
AU$343,980 Western Sydney Wanderers Football Club Australia 29 AM RL
12 Jake Brimmer
AU$5,859
AU$304,668 Auckland Football Club Malta 27 DM, AM C
13 Juan Mata
AU$5,859
AU$304,668 Melbourne Victory Football Club Spain 37 AM C
14 Joe Lolley
AU$5,859
AU$304,668 Sydney Football Club England 32 AM RLC
15 Josh Brillante
AU$5,859
AU$304,668 Western Sydney Wanderers Football Club Australia 32 DM
16 Lachlan Jackson
AU$5,670
AU$294,840 Melbourne Victory Football Club Australia 30 D C
17 Kota Mizunuma
AU$5,670
AU$294,840 Newcastle Jets FC Japan 35 AM R
18 Marius Lode
AU$5,481
AU$285,012 Brisbane Roar Football Club Norway 32 D C
19 Mathew Leckie
AU$5,481
AU$285,012 Melbourne City FC Australia 34 AM RL
20 Roderick Miranda
AU$5,103
AU$265,356 Melbourne Victory Football Club Portugal 34 D C
21 Adama Traoré
AU$4,725
AU$245,700 Melbourne Victory Football Club Côte d’Ivoire 35 D/WB L
22 Apostolos Stamatelopoulos
AU$4,725
AU$245,700 Sydney Football Club Australia 26 ST
23 Craig Goodwin
AU$4,536
AU$235,872 Adelaide United Australia 33 WB L, AM RL
24 Daniel Arzani
AU$4,536
AU$235,872 Melbourne City FC Australia 26 AM RLC, F C
25 Denis Genreau
AU$4,536
AU$235,872 Melbourne Victory Football Club Australia 26 M C
26 Daniel Wilmering
AU$4,536
AU$235,872 Newcastle Jets FC Australia 24 D L
27 Filip Kurto
AU$4,347
AU$226,044 Macarthur Football Club Poland 34 GK
28 Elba Rashani
AU$4,347
AU$226,044 Melbourne City FC Kosovo 32 AM RLC
29 Harrison Devenish-Meares
AU$4,158
AU$216,216 Sydney Football Club Australia 28 GK
30 James McGarry
AU$3,969
AU$206,388 Brisbane Roar Football Club New Zealand 27 D/WB/M L
31 Jay O'Shea
AU$3,969
AU$206,388 Brisbane Roar Football Club Ireland 36 DM, AM C
32 Joshua Risdon
AU$3,969
AU$206,388 Perth Glory Football Club Australia 32 D R
33 Joel King
AU$3,969
AU$206,388 Sydney Football Club Australia 24 D L
34 Joshua Oluwayemi
AU$3,969
AU$206,388 Wellington Phoenix Football Club England 24 GK
35 Jordan Holmes
AU$3,969
AU$206,388 Western Sydney Wanderers Football Club Australia 28 GK
36 Keegan Jelacic
AU$3,780
AU$196,560 Melbourne Victory Football Club New Zealand 22 AM RLC
37 Louis D'Arrigo
AU$3,780
AU$196,560 Melbourne Victory Football Club Australia 23 DM
38 Lachlan Rose
AU$3,780
AU$196,560 Newcastle Jets FC Australia 26 AM RL, ST
39 Lawrence Thomas
AU$3,780
AU$196,560 Western Sydney Wanderers Football Club Australia 33 GK
40 Max Burgess
AU$3,591
AU$186,732 Newcastle Jets FC Australia 30 AM LC, F C
41 Marcel Tisserand
AU$3,591
AU$186,732 Sydney Football Club Congo - Kinshasa 32 D C
42 Patrick Wood
AU$3,402
AU$176,904 Sydney Football Club Australia 22 ST
43 Paulo Retre
AU$3,402
AU$176,904 Wellington Phoenix Football Club Australia 32 DM
44 Ryan Kitto
AU$3,213
AU$167,076 Adelaide United Australia 30 D/WB/M L
45 Rhyan Grant
AU$3,213
AU$167,076 Sydney Football Club Australia 34 D/WB R, M C
46 Ruon Tongyik
AU$3,213
AU$167,076 Western Sydney Wanderers Football Club Australia 28 D C
47 Samuel Souprayen
AU$3,024
AU$157,248 Melbourne City FC France 36 D C
48 Santos
AU$3,024
AU$157,248 Melbourne Victory Football Club Brazil 23 AM L, ST
49 Tom Lawrence
AU$3,024
AU$157,248 Perth Glory Football Club Wales 31 AM RLC
50 Sander Kartum
AU$3,024
AU$157,248 Wellington Phoenix Football Club Norway 29 WB L, AM LC
51 Bart Vriends
AU$2,835
AU$147,420 Adelaide United Netherlands 34 D C
52 Ben Halloran
AU$2,835
AU$147,420 Brisbane Roar Football Club Australia 33 AM RL
53 Alessandro Lopane
AU$2,835
AU$147,420 Melbourne City FC Australia 21 M C
54 Aziz Behich
AU$2,835
AU$147,420 Melbourne City FC Australia 34 D/WB/M L
55 Andreas Kuen
AU$2,835
AU$147,420 Melbourne City FC Austria 30 AM RLC
56 Brandon O'Neill
AU$2,835
AU$147,420 Perth Glory Football Club Australia 31 DM
57 Víctor Campuzano
AU$2,835
AU$147,420 Sydney Football Club Spain 28 AM RC, F C
58 Ahmet Arslan
AU$2,835
AU$147,420 Sydney Football Club Türkiye 31 AM/F C
59 Alex Rufer
AU$2,835
AU$147,420 Wellington Phoenix Football Club New Zealand 29 DM
60 Bill Tuiloma
AU$2,835
AU$147,420 Wellington Phoenix Football Club New Zealand 30 D RC, DM
61 Bozhidar Kraev
AU$2,835
AU$147,420 Western Sydney Wanderers Football Club Bulgaria 28 AM LC
62 Aidan Simmons
AU$2,835
AU$147,420 Western Sydney Wanderers Football Club Australia 22 D/WB R, AM RL
63 Angus Thurgate
AU$2,835
AU$147,420 Western Sydney Wanderers Football Club Australia 25 DM, AM LC
64 Alex Gersbach
AU$2,835
AU$147,420 Western Sydney Wanderers Football Club Australia 28 D/WB L
65 Christian Theoharous
AU$2,646
AU$137,592 Central Coast Mariners Australia 25 AM RL, ST
66 Damien Da Silva
AU$2,646
AU$137,592 Macarthur Football Club France 37 D C
67 Corey Hollman
AU$2,646
AU$137,592 Sydney Football Club Australia 21 DM
68 Dylan Scicluna
AU$2,646
AU$137,592 Western Sydney Wanderers Football Club Malta 21 DM
69 Germán Ferreyra
AU$2,268
AU$117,936 Melbourne City FC Argentina 29 D RC
70 Harrison Delbridge
AU$2,268
AU$117,936 Melbourne City FC Australia 33 D C
71 Jay Barnett
AU$2,079
AU$108,108 Adelaide United Australia 24 DM
72 Juan Muñiz
AU$2,079
AU$108,108 Adelaide United Spain 33 AM LC
73 Ji Dong-Won
AU$2,079
AU$108,108 Macarthur Football Club South Korea 34 AM LC, F C
74 Jason Davidson
AU$2,079
AU$108,108 Melbourne Victory Football Club Australia 34 D LC
75 Jordi Valadon
AU$2,079
AU$108,108 Melbourne Victory Football Club Australia 22 DM
76 Al Hassan Touré
AU$2,026
AU$105,356 Sydney Football Club Australia 25 AM RL, ST
77 Kaito Taniguchi
AU$1,890
AU$98,280 Central Coast Mariners Japan 29 AM LC, F C
78 Kosta Grozos
AU$1,890
AU$98,280 Newcastle Jets FC Australia 24 AM C
79 Zach Lisolajski
AU$1,890
AU$98,280 Perth Glory Football Club Australia 19 D LC
80 Brian Kaltak
AU$1,873
AU$97,395 Perth Glory Football Club Vanuatu 31 D C
81 Šime Gržan
AU$1,841
AU$95,725 Macarthur Football Club Croatia 31 D/WB/AM R
82 Joshua Smits
AU$1,833
AU$95,332 Adelaide United Netherlands 32 GK
83 Anthony Cáceres
AU$1,826
AU$94,938 Macarthur Football Club Australia 32 AM RC
84 Kosta Barbarouses
AU$1,760
AU$91,499 Western Sydney Wanderers Football Club New Zealand 35 AM R, ST
85 Andrew Redmayne
AU$1,758
AU$91,400 Central Coast Mariners Australia 36 GK
86 Mitchell Duke
AU$1,701
AU$88,452 Macarthur Football Club Australia 34 ST
87 Nathaniel Atkinson
AU$1,701
AU$88,452 Melbourne City FC Australia 26 D/WB R
88 Max Caputo
AU$1,701
AU$88,452 Melbourne City FC Australia 19 AM LC, F C
89 Nishan Velupillay
AU$1,701
AU$88,452 Melbourne Victory Football Club Australia 24 AM RL
90 Luke Brattan
AU$1,686
AU$87,666 Macarthur Football Club Australia 35 DM
91 Sarpreet Singh
AU$1,663
AU$86,486 Wellington Phoenix Football Club New Zealand 26 AM RLC
92 Tomislav Uskok
AU$1,644
AU$85,504 Macarthur Football Club Australia 34 D C, DM
93 Jonny Yull
AU$1,625
AU$84,521 Adelaide United Australia 20 AM C
94 Dylan Peraić-Cullen
AU$1,616
AU$84,029 Central Coast Mariners Australia 18 GK
95 Dylan Pierias
AU$1,591
AU$82,752 Adelaide United Australia 25 D/WB/AM R
96 Henry Hore
AU$1,591
AU$82,752 Brisbane Roar Football Club Australia 25 AM RLC
97 Joe Shaughnessy
AU$1,550
AU$80,590 Newcastle Jets FC Ireland 33 D C
98 Lachlan Wales
AU$1,542
AU$80,196 Perth Glory Football Club Australia 27 AM RL
99 Nick D'Agostino
AU$1,516
AU$78,821 Brisbane Roar Football Club Australia 27 ST
100 Thomas Aquilina
AU$1,499
AU$77,936 Newcastle Jets FC Australia 24 D/WB RL

Frequently asked questions

Who is the highest paid player in A-League?

Chris Ikonomidis of Macarthur Football Club, on AU$32,130 per week — AU$1,670,760 a year.

How much do the top 100 A-League players earn between them?

AU$398,990 per week and AU$20,747,498 per year, which is 68% of the entire A-League wage bill.

Which A-League club has the most players in the top 100?

Western Sydney Wanderers Football Club, with 13 of them, paying AU$65,831 a week across those players.

What does it take to make the top 100?

AU$1,499 per week — that is what Thomas Aquilina earns in 100th place.